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Smalltalker

Smalltalker noun: one who uses the Smalltalk programming language.

Noun

Smalltalker (plural Smalltalkers)

  1. One who uses the Smalltalk programming language.
    • Questions and answers for novice Smalltalkers1989, Byte, volume 14, page 273
    • Smalltalkers will thus gleefully make ad hominum^([sic]) attacks by noting the folly of large C++ projects (“Small is beautiful” is the appropriate rallying cry), but C++ers will often counter by pointing out the lack of disciplined development by some Smalltalkers.1993, Object Magazine, volume 3, COOT, Incorporated, page 28

Examples of Smalltalker in a sentence

  • There is, however, a core of developers who have been producing fully OO applications for years: Smalltalkers.1998, Michael Knapik, Jay Johnson, Developing Intelligent Agents for Distributed Systems: Exploring Architecture, Technologies, and...
  • Smalltalkers feel comfortable using Smalltalk's reflective capabilities to build and integrate new programming tools into the Smalltalk environment.1998, Sherman R. Alpert, Kyle Brown, Bobby Woolf, The Design Patterns Smalltalk Companion, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 8:
  • As Smalltalkers, we found it almost enough to make Java tolerable.2001, Ron Jeffries, Ann Anderson, Chet Hendrickson, Extreme Programming Installed (The XP Series), Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 250:
  • Disagreement between Smalltalkers and C++ers gains added interest from the fact that both claim to be the direct heirs of another, older, language, SIMULA.2004, David West, Object Thinking, Microsoft Press, →ISBN, page 37:

Forms of Smalltalker

pluralSmalltalkers

Origin of Smalltalker

From Smalltalk + -er.

Questions about Smalltalker

What does Smalltalker mean?
Smalltalker means one who uses the Smalltalk programming language.
How do you use Smalltalker in a sentence?
There is, however, a core of developers who have been producing fully OO applications for years: Smalltalkers.
What part of speech is Smalltalker?
Smalltalker is a noun.
What is the plural of Smalltalker?
The plural of Smalltalker is Smalltalkers.

Words near Smalltalker in the dictionary

  1. smallsome
  2. smallstock
  3. smallsword
  4. smallswords
  5. smalltalk
  6. Smalltalker
  7. Smalltalkers
  8. Smallthorne
  9. smalltime
  10. smalltimer
  11. smalltimers

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